McKenzie was chosen for the award by her co-workers. She received a plaque, an engraved clock, and $500 to go toward her travel to further her education.

An employee of the Cardiac Rehab Unit of Bloomington Hospital for two years, she also works with patients at the hospital’s Nashville and Spencer branches three days a week as an Exercise Physiologist.

McKenzie also recently received her ACSM Clinical Exercise Specialist Certification from the American College of Sports Medicine.

A 2002 graduate of Cloverdale High School, she graduated from Indiana University’s School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in 2008. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology.

Raised in the Poland area, McKenzie now makes her home in Spencer.

She is the sister of Jason McKenzie; stepsister of Rob Ranard and Pam Levy; granddaughter of Jack and Gloria Meyer of Poland, and Bessalene McKenzie and the late Harold (Mac) McKenzie of Poland; and the step-granddaughter of Irene Ranard and the late Herbert (Jake) Ranard of Spencer.